Stridhana (S. स्त्रीधन), The peculiar | Srámi Bhogam (S. खामी भोगं), The property of a woman acquired by Subha (S.), Auspicious. Sudder Dewanny Adawlut (P. صدر. The chief Civil, دیوان عدالت Court of Justice under the Govern ment of the East-India Company, held at the Presidency. Sudder Jama (A.), The Government territorial assessment. Sudder Nizamut Adawlut (P.o The chief Cri نظامت عدالت minal Court of Justice under the Company's Government. صدر پتنی (دار Sudder Patnidar Chief Patnidár. Holder of an independent Patní tenure. Tenant in chief of a whole Patni, q. v. Súdra (S.), The fourth of the original Hindú Casts. Sukri (possibly S. ), Certain صلاح fees due to Patéls. Smámí (S. 7), Lord, proprietor. Talook (A.), The being depen dent, dependence, a dependency. A district, the revenues of which are under the management of a Talookdár, q. v., and are generally accounted for to the Zamindár within whose jurisdiction it happens to be included, but sometimes Talookdár (P.), The holder paid immediately to Government. of a Talook. Talookdárs are petty Zamindars, some of whom pay their rent, or account for the collections they make from the Ryots, through a superior Zamindar, and others direct to Government. Those denominated Mazkúrí are of the former description, and the latter are called independent Talookdárs. Talookdárí (P.), The ju risdiction of a Talookdár, q. v. Tanákuz (A.), Being discordant. Repugnancy. Tankháh (P. 8), An assignment on lands, or order on the treasury for the payment of a stipend or salary, or the like. Taraf (A.), A side, quarter. A division of a Pergunnah, q. v. Tarikát (A.), Things left after death, effects, inheritances, bequests. Tashhir (A.), Ignominious exposure. Ordering a criminal to be carried through the city as an example. Tauliyat (A.), Transferring property. The superintendency of mosques and religious establish ments. Tauliyat námeh (P. &), A deed of transfer. Tazir (A.), An infliction of punishment by flagellation or otherwise, at the discretion of the Judge, for any offence, whether of word or deed, not subject to a specific legal penalty. Tehbázárí (P. ;), Ground rent of a stall in a market. Thákur (B.), A god. An idol. A priest. A family designation. Thanna (H.), A station. A small fort. A petty police juris diction subordinate to that of a Dáróghá. Thannadár (P.), A keeper Thuggi (H.), The crime of ), A captain or con ductor of a vessel. Toddy (H.), The juice of the palm-tree, which in a fermented state is intoxicating. Tushír.-See Tasshir. U. Umd (A. c), A wilful act. This word is used by the Muhammadan Vaisya (S. 4), The third of the original Hindu Casts. Vakálat rámeh (P. xoli JK,,) A writing appointing a Vakeel. Vakeel (A. J), One endowed with authority to act for another. An ambassador. An agent sent on a special commission, or residing at a Court. A native pleader in the Courts of the Honourable Company. Véda (S. :), Science, knowledge. The sacred writings of the Hindús. Vritti (S. f), Means of livelihood. Vyavastha (S.), The legal opi nion given by the Pandits. W. A Watandári (P.,), An here- Wazifahdár (P.), A holder Y. Yati (S. f), A sage. A religious mendicant. One who has subdued his passions. Z. Zabita batta (H.), The customary discount. A levy of an excess of half an anna in each rupee. Zamíndár (P.), Landholder. Landkeeper. An officer who, under the Moghul Government, was charged with the financial superintendence of the lands of a dis trict, the protection of the cultiva tors, and the realization of the Government's share of the produce, either in money or kind; out of newed; and as it was generally continued in the same person, so long as he conducted himself to the satisfaction of the ruling power, and even continued to his heirs; so in process of time, and through the decay of that power and the confusion that ensued, hereditary right (at best but prescriptive) was claimed and tacitly acknowledged; till at length the Zamindars of Bengal in particular, from being the mere superintendants of the land and farmers of the revenue, were declared the hereditary proprietors of the soil, and the before fluctuating dues of Government were, under the permanent settlement, unalterably fixed in perpetuity. Zamindarí (P.), The of fice or jurisdiction of a Zamíndár, q. v. زمينداري ) Zamandari Rusam ), Payments, perquisites, customs, and dues received by Zamíndárs in virtue of their office. Zanáneh (P. ;), Apartments ap- ridden. which he was allowed a commission amounting to about 10 per cent., and occasionally a special grant of the Government's share of the produce of the land of a certain number of villages for his Zú-al-Ihrám (A.), Kinsubsistence, called Nánkár. The appointment was occasionally re Zi-l-Kadah (A. 8↓), The penultimate month of the Muhammadan year. dred in whose line of relation a female enters. END OF THE GLOSSARY. INDEX OF THE STATUTES, ACTS OF GOVERNMENT, REGULATIONS, MENTIONED AND REFERRED TO IN THE DIGEST. N.B.-The numbers refer to the Placita, except a p. be prefixed, when the reference is . Statute, 12. 7th Geo. I. c. 21. s. 2. . Bond, 2. . Evidence, 33, n. 53d Geo. III. c. 155. s. 3. Criminal Law, 34a. 21st Geo. III. c. 70. s. 8. Collector, 1. 21st Geo. III. c. 70. s. 18. Practice, 21a. . . Certiorari, 8. 9th Geo. IV. c. 73. . |